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Thursday, November 13, 2025
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Topic: CPI(M)

CPI(M)’s crucial Party Congress begins amid ‘split’ in the party

The question whether there should be any poll pact with Congress created a sharp divide between general secretary Sitaram Yechury and his predecessor Prakash Karat. 

Kisan Long March has given hope to comrades that they can rise like a phoenix

Communism has been dying in Maharashtra for decades, but the energy of the farmers’ protest has breathed new life into the Reds. Can they capitalise on this?

It took 2 years, 4 protests and meticulous planning for farmers to make themselves heard

While the protest was largely made up of farmers from Nashik, Thane, Palghar & Ahmednagar, a number of them from other districts joined in on the last 2 days.

Fired up by Tripura, Shah sets sights on Kerala by-election

In the 2011 assembly polls, the BJP secured 4 per cent of the total votes in the constituency. In 2016, it got 30 per cent, but lost to CPI(M).

The toppling of the Lenin statue is keeping the Left alive, in headlines at least

A word of advice to friends in the Left movement, or whatever is left of it. The Communist party in Russia is looking for non-Communist icons to rebuild the country.

After Tripura loss, CPI(M)’s next challenge is to fix internal problems

The Left party will have to resolve its dilemma over whether it will have an alliance with the Congress, in a crucial meeting due...

The Left should first worry about its own unity rather than that of the entire opposition

To be relevant, the Left needs dynamic leadership and pragmatism. Sitaram Yechury is pragmatic, but he is blocked at every level.

Last Laughs – Best cartoons of the day

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by senior editors at ThePrint.

Not much left of the Left after Tripura

Defeat in Tripura is payback for refusal to adapt to changing times, low introspection, petty internal rifts & inability to retain old base or capture new.

Dipak Misra’s impeachment isn’t happening — at least anytime soon

It’s almost been a month since CPM leader Sitaram Yechury announced that discussions for impeachment had begun, but the Congress hasn’t revealed its cards.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.